Brush Fire Task Force Formed

Glad to see the new FC Administration taking some steps on this ...not taking away from that effort but generally NYC Brush Fires usually only involve leaves & brush at ground level not numerous trees as in actual Forest Fires outside of NYC.....a few good rainstorms regularly will go a long way to cut back on the NYC problem.... hopefully the new FC will get some aggressive plans going forward on the E bike / li-on battery often Fatal Fire issue........ aside from that some NYC Brush Fire History ...going back into the "60's / '70s during the Spring period when Easter Week School closings occurred there was a big increase in Brush Fires in wooded NYC Park areas during the period schools were closed then it quieted down on weekdays when School was back in Session......back the in NYC both Public & Parochial Schools would be off together .....nowadays some have closing before & some after Easter ...have not noticed if that makes a difference in numbers of Brush Fires ?.....also whether Easter is early or late in the Season makes somewhat of a difference weather wise.....later was busier as it was warmer ....the biggest NYC Brush fire I responded to while working in BN*46 was the Sixth Alarm in Douglaston QNS....the Fire started off the LIE & Units were directed to respond there....the Wind quickly took the Fire North thru a heavily laden cat tail & dense brush area all the way to Northern Blvd threatening the rear homes along the way on the West side of the path .....at the Northern Blvd end it burned right up to the Car dealer & Diner & a few other commercial bldgs there....I responded in on Northern Blvd & there were many racooons ...possums etc fleeing North & trying to run across Northern Blvd ......Units on Northern protected the bldgs there & as most everything was consumed in between only pockets remained .....we had Units doing Searches thru the large burned out area .....I was impressed seeing some of the shells of very old 1940 / 1950 automobiles that had been driven deep into the area & stripped many years ago before it became to dense to navigate. .....one of my proby classmates Mike Giovanazzo then a DC wrote a WNYF article on the Fire illustrating the size of it......

https://www.fdnypro.org/archives/wnyf-2000-2009-issues/wnyf-3rd2000/
 
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Glad to see the new FC Administration taking some steps on this ...not taking away from that effort but generally NYC Brush Fires usually only involve leaves & brush at ground level not numerous trees as in actual Forest Fires outside of NYC.....a few good rainstorms regularly will go a long way to cut back on the NYC problem.... hopefully the new FC will get some aggressive plans going forward on the E bike / li-on battery often Fatal Fire issue........ aside from that some NYC Brush Fire History ...going back into the "60's / '70s during the Spring period when Easter Week School closings occurred there was a big increase in Brush Fires in wooded NYC Park areas during the period schools were closed then it quieted down on weekdays when School was back in Session......back the in NYC both Public & Parochial Schools would be off together .....nowadays some have closing before & some after Easter ...have not noticed if that makes a difference in numbers of Brush Fires ?.....also whether Easter is early or late in the Season makes somewhat of a difference weather wise.....later was busier as it was warmer ....the biggest NYC Brush fire I responded to while working in BN*46 was the Sixth Alarm in Douglaston QNS....the Fire started off the LIE & Units were directed to respond there....the Wind quickly took the Fire North thru a heavily laden cat tail & dense brush area all the way to Northern Blvd threatening the rear homes along the way on the West side of the path .....at the Northern Blvd end it burned right up to the Car dealer & Diner & a few other commercial bldgs there....I responded in on Northern Blvd & there were many racooons ...possums etc fleeing North & trying to run across Northern Blvd ......Units on Northern protected the bldgs there & as most everything was consumed in between only pockets remained .....we had Units doing Searches thru the large burned out area .....I was impressed seeing some of the shells of very old 1940 / 1950 automobiles that had been driven deep into the area & stripped many years ago before it became to dense to navigate. .....one of my proby classmates Mike Giovanazzo then a DC wrote a WNYF article on the Fire illustrating the size of it......

https://www.fdnypro.org/archives/wnyf-2000-2009-issues/wnyf-3rd2000/
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Cover Photo of WNYF 2/2000
Articles in WNYF 3/2000

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